Had a shutter curtain freeze mid roll on a vintage Nikon F2 last night

I was testing a client's F2 from 1973 and the titanium curtain just locked up solid at 1/1000th. First thing I checked was the gear train - looked clean but the curtain brake seemed gummed up with some old oil. I hit it with a tiny dab of lighter fluid on a q-tip and worked the mechanism by hand about 20 times. Got it moving again but I can't trust it until I strip it down fully. Anyone else run into curtain drag on these old Nikons after they sat for years?

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scott.jana24d ago

Check if the foam mirror bumper is turning into goo and causing drag.

angela68724d ago

@scott.jana that's a pattern I keep seeing with that foam honestly.

taraanderson17d ago

Nah @angela687 I've actually had decent luck with the foam bumper on mine so far, no goo issues yet but every batch seems different.